Frontline communities experience colonization, sea-level rise, resource extraction and tourism as threats to environmental, social and cultural well-being
“We are not drowning, we are fighting.” [02:33]
| CBC
Carol Off interviews Brianna Fruean about her experience as a Pacific Island climate activist and her messages to world leaders. Published November 2, 2021
“Adaptation and Indigenous knowledge are the solutions. These islands are our ancestors, our predecessors, our homes. We are at the risk of losing all of that for something we contributed very, very little to.” Youth climate warrior Selina Leem reads one of her poems and shares her perspective from growing up on Aelon Kein Ad, the Marshall Islands. [06:11]
| Hawai’i Public Radio
Many small island nations face the dilemma of responding to the impacts of climate change, while also relying on tourism for economic survival, which in turn furthers environmental harm. Author: Mallika Sen, published September 27, 2021
“It is no coincidence that all roads, all stories, all our development trajectories, bring us home to the Ocean... It is the source of our identity, livelihoods and for many, our destruction if we do not turn the tide.” The is an organization of 18 Pacific Island nations that meets annually. This commentary is written based on remarks from the Forum Secretary General Henry Puna on February 22, 2022.
| TIME
The island nation of Vanuatu, along with support from over a dozen countries and territories in the Pacific, is trying “to get the world’s highest court to issue a legal statement, or an advisory opinion, on climate change.” Author: , published July 18, 2022